Meaning
childhood
- early childhood
In a sentence
La mia infanzia è stata molto felice.
My childhood was very happy.
Hai foto della tua infanzia a casa?
Do you have photos from your childhood at home?
Nella prima infanzia i bambini cambiano in fretta.
In early childhood, children change quickly.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| infanzia | feminine · singular |
| infanzie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use infanzia for the life stage; use bambini or i bambini for actual children in general.
- More formal and abstract than infanzia is età infantile; in everyday speech, people often say da bambino/a instead.
- Common with in: nell'infanzia means "in childhood," not *in infanzia.